I recently hacked #Elite on the #Acorn #Archimedes to send scores to a live scoreboard across an #Econet network.
I've just published a short article that explains how I did this.
I hope you like it!
https://elite.bbcelite.com/hacks/elite_over_econet_acorn_archimedes.html
A huge shout-out to everyone who made it. The next meet-up is pencilled in for Saturday, 31st May. Come and join in, connect with others. #Code4Fun #OpenSource #RISCOS #Community #Meetup
I've just released !EliteNet, my first #RISCOS application in 30 years.
It allows #Archimedes #Elite to transmit to an #Econet multiplayer scoreboard (see Yoda’s score in the second screenshot, for example).
I’ve loved every minute of this little side project!
Here's the repo: https://github.com/markmoxon/elite-over-econet-acorn-archimedes
If you want to see this in action, we’ll be playing multiplayer Elite at the National Museum of Computing’s LAN Party on 7-8 June.
You can find more information about the party here, including ticket details: https://www.tnmoc.org/events/econet-lan-party-2025-1
See you there!
RISC OS (Reduced Instrcution Set Computer Operating System) – an OS for desktop computers running ARM processors. RISC OS was originally developed by Acorn Computers Ltd in Cambridge, England has been in continual development since 1989. https://archiveos.org/risc-os/ #operatingsystem #riscos
Does anyone have a friend who used to work for the #riscos Ethernet card company, i-Cubed Ltd.?
I'd like to hear the story behind this line in their code:
"Save the world! Eat more fish! Angstrom for Parliament!"
Iniciativa Moonshots chce přinést 64bitový RISC OS
#RISCOS #ARM
https://alt-f4.cz/iniciativa-moonshots-chce-prinest-64bitovy-risc-os
Are you interested in Coding on RISC OS? Want to learn more? Join our friendly fireside chat on Zoom—DM for credentials (unchanged). If you are a developer, come and connect. The event is this Saturday, 26th April, at 7:30 pm (UK). #OpenSource #RISCOS #Community #Code4Fun #Zoom
Sometimes it's the small projects that are the most enjoyable.
Case in point: this month I'm building !EliteNet, which connects the #Archimedes version of #Elite to the Econet multiplayer scoreboard, so ArcElite players can compete against #BBCMicro players.
I last wrote a RISC OS application in 1995. That's 30 years ago! Turns out that BBC BASIC V is still a great language to code in.
And I've never written a RISC OS relocatable module before, so even now, this old dog is learning new ARM-based tricks.
And… ArcElite! ❤️
I absolutely love this hobby.
Last RISC OS icon I created (I think ..)
This is for ungzip, which does just that. Gavin Wraith's drag-and-drop WIMP wrapper (stick) that runs a trivial perl script that calls the gzip binary.
This lets me uncompress gzip files from the GUI.
Stick does the magic of making drag-and-drop happen. The perl script converts a RISC OS filename (foo.bar/gz) into a unix style path (foo/bar.gz) and feeds the path to gzip.
I forgot I made an icon for !cawf !
A printer that is apparently badly in need of retrobrighting.
This is the first RISC OS icon I made.
I was working with the last MINIX source release for the NE editor, trying to compile it under RISC OS. I got it to compile but it didn't have the binary blobs needed for RISC OS, like the icon...
At this point I was still confused about where NE sits in the Cambridge / IBM E editor's family tree, so I created an icon that mimics IBM's look.
RISC OS recreation of an icon I created and used under (Microware) OS-9 for the Tandy CoCo 3.
It's supposed to be a speaker, with a digital signal going in and sound waves coming out.
Sigh, I know, it looks like a flower.
But hey, I discovered how to set pixels to be transparent in !paint !
As a fan of anything computing i rediscoverd this gem
https://www.riscosopen.org/content/
Remember trying it on my Raspberry 1
The 32bit RISC OS needs to be ported to 64bit to survive, seeks help
RISC OS, the operating system from the United Kingdom originally designed to run on Acorn Computer's Archimedes computers - the first ARM computers - is still actively developed today. Especially since the introduction of the Raspberry Pi, new life was breathed into this ageing operating system, and it
See also: Fully documented source code for Lander on the Acorn Archimedes
lander.bbcelite.com
#retrodev #arm #retrogaming #retrocomputing #reverseengineering #assembler #riscos
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:io6owsze2yxsfsl2cd7znmik/post/3lllpo45g5225
Fully documented source code f...
It's alive! After a few years of battling with the #RISC_OS #kernel ... something new and magic is coming up very soon and oh boy if it's exciting! 😉
#riscos is alive and well, worries not!
#retrocomputing , #retrocoding , #programming #operating_system #opensource
RISC OS North show news: https://www.iconbar.com/
#OpenSource #RISCOS #AcornComputers
Wish I'd heard of this RISC OS North event earlier than today, looks really interesting and very easy to get to by public transport from Manchester:
Remember Acorn Computers, the creators of the first ARM chip and BBC Micro? Take a trip down memory lane or catch up at the RISC OS North show, which kicks off tomorrow, March 29th, in Warrington, UK.
Visit https://www.riscosnorth.uk/ for details.
#Event #Warrington #RaspberryPi #PinebookPro #ARM #OpenSource #RISCOS
🚨 O MAIOR ERRO DE UM VAREJISTA!
Mamede Paes Mendonça construiu um império, mas um único erro pode ter custado o futuro do grupo.
💰 Correr riscos é essencial, mas saber quais riscos evitar pode ser a chave para não falir!
📌 Você concorda? Comenta aqui! 👇
#Varejo #Negócios #Empreendedorismo #Supermercado #Riscos #Gestão
